16-18 Years
The AQA course specification for French and Spanish
AS
The AS course will cover:
The AS specification has 2 units:
Unit 1: Listening, Reading and Writing
Assessment
| Externally Examined |
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| Written Paper: |
2 hours |
| Weighting: | 70% of total AS / 35% of total A Level marks |
Listening, Reading and Writing.
Candidates will answer a range of questions based on approximately 5 minutes of heard material and on a selection of written stimulus texts. They will also respond in writing to a question based on one of the AS topics.
Unit 2: Speaking Test
Assessment
| Speaking Test | 35 minutes (including 20 minutes preparation time) |
| Weighting: | 30% of total AS / 15% of total A level marks |
Speaking
Candidates will discuss a target-language stimulus card based on one of the AS topics and take part in a conversation covering three further AS topics.
A2 outline
The A2 course will cover:
Environment: pollution, energy and protecting the planet The multi-cultural society: immigration, integration and racism Contemporary social issues: wealth and poverty, law and order and the impact of scientific and technological progress Cultural topic: the study of a target language speaking region/community or the study of a period of 20th century history from a target language-speaking country/community or the study of a novelist/dramatist/poet from a target language-speaking country/community or the study of a director/architect/musician/painter from a target language-speaking country/ community.
The A2 specification has 2 units:
Unit 3: Listening, Reading and Writing
Assessment
| Externally Examined | |
| Written Paper: | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Weighting: | 35% of total A Level marks |
Listening, Reading and Writing.
Candidates will answer a range of questions based on approximately 6 minutes of heard material and on a selection of written texts. They will also respond in writing to a question based on one of the four A2 cultural topic areas.
Unit 4: Speaking Test
Assessment
| Speaking Test | 35 minutes (including 20 minutes preparation time) |
| Weighting: | 15% of total A Level marks |
Speaking.
Candidates will present a point of view based on a target-language stimulus card from one of the A2 topic areas and take part in a conversation covering two further A2 topics.